“Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.”
“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.”
Ben Okri (Tales of Freedom)
Michaelis Galleries and the Centre for Curating the Archive are proud to present Fantastic, an exhibition and an inter-disciplinary colloquium that seek to re-ignite critical thought about the fantastic in contemporary art and visual culture. Drawinginspiration from writers such as Ben Okri, this exhibition brings together video art and photographs that engage with the fantastic.
Nkule Mabaso Nomusa Makhubu CCA Michaelis UCT Goethe Institut black ideology fantastic video Ben Okri photography
Participating artists: Jelili Atiku, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Kudzanai Chiurai, Andrew Esiebo, Milumbe Haimbe, Aida Muluneh, Terence Nance, Tracey Rose, Zina Saro-Wiwa
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
Curators: Nkule Mabaso & Nomusa Makhubu
Essays: Nkule Mabaso & Nomusa Makhubu
Gallery: Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town
Dates: 8 September 2015 – 9 October 2015
Website: http://www.michaelis.uct.ac.za/exhibitions/fantastic/
Pages: 127
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